The wise guys are apparently sold on Peyton Manning. According to the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino, the Broncos’ odds of winning the Super Bowl have improved to 10-to-1, which is tied for third with San Francisco and Houston.

“We’ve had a run of money on the Broncos,” said Jay Korengay, who heads the sports book of the Las Vegas Hotel.

Only the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers have better odds.

The Broncos’ Super Bowl odds have varied since the end of the 2011 season. Their odds were 60-to-1 before signing Peyton Manning on March 20, jumped to a tie for fifth at 14-to-1 the day after the Broncos signed him, then fell as low as a tie for ninth at 20-to-1 amid reports Manning’s arm strength was in question during the first OTA in May.

No doubt Manning’s superb performance in the third preseason game against the 49ers, in which he completed 10 of 12 passes for 122 yards and two touchdown passes in building a 17-0 first quarter lead, lifted confidence in the Broncos among the money people in Vegas.

“We usually don’t get to see many preseason games out here but this year the local ABC affiliate in Vegas decided to show all the Broncos preseason games for some reason,” Kornegay said.

“When Manning came out and had a really good game, threw for two touchdowns, that’s when we started seeing an avalanche of Bronco money. We had no choice but to lower them.”

That’s pretty funny considering the Broncos aren’t even going to win more than 7 games.

Jerky

Go back to Oakland jerkoff

Faux

Someone sounds angry about their 50-1 odds. I can’t wait ’till we play Oakland… We’re going to crush you so far into the dirt that your entire team will contract signs of depression for weeks.

derek

broncos all the way!

DH

I love the Broncos, but… that’s just silly. Between the schedule, the fact that it’s Manning’s first year here, and the fact that we are now on our 400th D Coordinator, I would be very happy with winning our division and maybe winning one playoff game. And that’s not taking into account that just a few key injuries would be problematic, to say the least (remember how our backups performed in the preseason).

On this list, I would have us somewhere around 9th or 10th (just below the Giants and/or Bears). Now next year is a different story if things break right.

lifesbeengoodtomesofar

keep in mind though Vegas odds are all about betting trends, they control the flow of money and possible payouts to ensure they make money either way. This just means that more people are betting on the Broncos to win. Are they right? Well that’s why they play the games.

George McDowell

THank dog! A commenter with a bit of sense. I’ve tried to point this out to Klueless Klis, but to no avail.

DH

I understand that. I’m not saying Vegas is wrong. I’m saying the bettors are going overboard.

broncosnative

Im not looking at the schedule, all the broncos have to do is make the playoffs then it goes to a whole new level. Hell they could be 8-8 again, as long as they make it, giants went 9-7, SB champs! The regular season record does count in the playoffs, it comes down to whose the hottest team.

P3F0M3

I am having a hard time following your logic there. First, the schedule. I would be hard-pressed to think we will lose even one more game in the regular season. Possibly a matchup against Baltimore, but even then I feel pretty confident. As for Dcoord, we are talking about Jack Del Rio who has turned this D into one of the most feared in the league even outside of Doom and Gloom. Harris and Carter have stepped up, and you can look to DJ for more time and a bigger impact as he continues to prove himself. Finally, talking about PFM in his “first” year means less than nothing when you consider that he is currently playing at or above the level he was when he won the SB in Indy. And even a diehard Colts fan will tell you they won it all with a team that had a much worse D and ST than we have currently. Finally look at our biggest threats, Bears, 9ers, and Steelers losing QBs, Houston almost losing to Jacksonville, and the Pats losing both Hernandez and now Gronk. How can you not forsee a potential SB run, especially as someone who claims to “love” the Broncos. They have as much of a chance at winning it all as any other team in football right now, and things are only going to improve as the season goes on.

that’s not the odds in Reno, NV. the odds are alot lower. the 49ers are 6-1 odds denver has been sitting at 10-1 odds for months. Are we getting worse odds in reno than Las vegas. What’s up William Hill & Cal Neva

Very strange that he said we don’t usually get many preseason games in Vegas….the Broncos games have been on that ABC affiliate since at least 2006 (my first August in Vegas) and Chargers and Cardinals preseason games are always aired locally too.

So since the Broncos won today and the Packers lost will the Broncos odds go up in Vegas and the Packers go down in odds?

P3F0M3

I would be hard-pressed to think we will lose even one more game in the regular season. Possibly a matchup against Baltimore, but even then I feel pretty confident. As for Dcoord, we are talking about Jack Del Rio who has turned this D into one of the most feared in the league even outside of Doom and Gloom. Harris and Carter have stepped up, and you can look to DJ for more time and a bigger impact as he continues to prove himself. Finally, talking about PFM in his “first” year means less than nothing when you consider that he is currently playing at or above the level he was when he won the SB in Indy. And even a diehard Colts fan will tell you they won it all with a team that had a much worse D and ST than we have currently. Finally look at our biggest threats, Bears, 9ers, and Steelers losing QBs, Houston almost losing to Jacksonville, and the Pats losing both Hernandez and now Gronk. How can you not forsee a potential SB run? They have as much of a chance at winning it all as any other team in football right now, and things are only going to improve as the season goes on.

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.